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title: WdContentControlAppearance Enumeration (Word)
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# WdContentControlAppearance Enumeration (Word)

Constants that represent the visualizations for a content control, passed to and returned by the [ContentControl.Appearance](contentcontrol-appearance-property-word.md) property.


## Members



|**Name**|**Value**|**Description**|
|:-----|:-----|:-----|
| **wdContentControlBoundingBox**|0|Represents a content control shown as a shaded rectangle or bounding box (with optional title).|
| **wdContentControlTags**|2|Represents a content control shown as start and end markers.|
| **wdContentControlHidden**|1|Represents a content control that is not shown.|

